Patterns of brain activation when mothers view their own child and dog: An fMRI study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Stoeckel, Luke E ^a,b   Palley, Lori S ^a   Gollub, Randy L ^a,b   Niemi, Steven M ^c   Evins, Anne Eden ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RATING SCALE; REWARD; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL COGNITION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHILD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908637592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107205     Document Type: Article

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